#78CCEE#78CCEE

#78CCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.095 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CCEE
RGB	rgb(120, 204, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -16.50, -24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 29.67, 236.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0656 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.095 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7655, 53.3482, 88.8106)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CCEE #EE9A78

analogous

#78EED5 #78CCEE #7891EE

triadic

#78CCEE #EE78CC #CCEE78

tetradic

#78CCEE #D578EE #EE9A78 #91EE78

square

#78CCEE #D578EE #EE9A78 #91EE78

split-complementary

#78CCEE #EE7891 #EED578

monochromatic

#1A9DD1 #42B7E7 #78CCEE #AEE1F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78CCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#78CCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CCEE

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CCEE	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ccee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 204, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.095 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dbf3',
    500: '#78ccee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ccee;
$custom-light: #a6dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ccee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.288,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80436,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CCEE

secondary

#C76943

accent

#470CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CCEE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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